Mekong River Delta · Population

Question: What is the population of Mekong River Delta? Answer: Mekong River Delta (Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long), Vietnam (capital: ) - last known population is ≈ 17 478 900 (year 2013). This was 19.128% of total Vietnam population. In this year, Mekong River Delta population density was 430.8 p/km². If population growth rate would be same as in period 2009-2013 (+0.42%/year), Mekong River Delta population in 2026 would be: 18 446 655*.

Population history ^[1]

Annual population change

[1999-2009] +0.64 %/year
[2009-2013] +0.42 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: 9.632373, 106.224745

Mekong River Delta on city and population density map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

Sources, Notices

1999c, 2009c, 2013e. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other, ..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
** In some cases boundaries changes also influence the comparability of the population data. Data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Terms of use.
[1] Sources
• GENERAL STATISTICS OFFICE of VIET NAM
• Statistical Yearbook of Vietnam
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).